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Jspur

(784 posts)
16. I would say self hatred and desperately wanting to be accepted
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 10:35 AM
Jun 2025

by White America is why they voted for Trump. I have a good friend who lived in Dallas, Texas for several years. He moved away from Dallas a few years ago but I remember him telling me for years that the Democrats would never win Texas and he's actually a Democrat. His reasoning was that they are so many Hispanics he had interactions with whether it was at work or at other places that really believed they were white and were down with GOP policies. They really believed they were part of the white community and actually had hatred for illegal immigrants because they felt they were not like them and didn't want whites to look down on them. He also said a lot of them whether it's first generation or second generation tended to shun their culture and usually eventually end up marrying white partners which in his eyes was another sign that they desperately wanted white acceptance.

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A lot are fine with it DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2025 #1
I hate to be a contrarian, BUT Vogon_Glory Jun 2025 #2
Never underestimate the capacity of the trump regime to fuck things up. Paladin Jun 2025 #3
Many Hispanics I know are Trump cultists. They want the newcomers deported. dalton99a Jun 2025 #4
Jehovah's witnesses don't vote. Lol. Nt ecstatic Jun 2025 #5
Good Point! Chasstev365 Jun 2025 #6
What I wonder the most... Baitball Blogger Jun 2025 #7
Nobody voted for Hitler in 1933 Kaleva Jun 2025 #8
OK: The Nazi Party won a majority in the 1933 election, but not enough to rule outright Chasstev365 Jun 2025 #9
It was Hindenburg that appointed Hitler to be Chancellor Kaleva Jun 2025 #10
Because von Hindenburg was forced to by the Nazi majority in Parliament. He didn't want to. Chasstev365 Jun 2025 #11
von Hindenburg, the 'v' is not capitalised Celerity Jun 2025 #13
You're right. Thanks! Chasstev365 Jun 2025 #14
Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution gave Hindenburg all the power Kaleva Jun 2025 #18
Thanks Skippy! Chasstev365 Jun 2025 #19
54 per cent of Latino men voted Trump Celerity Jun 2025 #12
They may not care newdeal2 Jun 2025 #15
I would say self hatred and desperately wanting to be accepted Jspur Jun 2025 #16
This right here DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2025 #17
Also... AntiFascist Jun 2025 #20
I work with a Puerto Rican Trump voter Polybius Jun 2025 #21
Many of them feel that since their parents or grandparents haele Jun 2025 #22
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